too hot a day to wear her in the sling, and unwilling to hang out in the stroller, i put her in the swing to free my hands for pushing her sister. she loved it. i breathed a sigh of relief.

my girls size each other up - the first signs of my little one really understanding her sister's presence. one looks so little in the swing, the other so big. i continue to be amazed at how much bigger she now seems. it's all about perspective. but then again, itsn't it always?

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so. One day I shall dig my nails into the earth, or bury my face in the pillow, or stretch myself taut, or raise my hands to the sky and want, more than all the world, your return. - Mary Jean Iron

this moment...